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World Health Organization lauds PHL for passage of Universal Health Care bill into law

(Eagle News) — The World Health Organization lauded the Philippines for passing the Universal Health Care Law that seeks to ensure Filipinos’ equal access to quality healthcare. In a statement, the WHO said the new law was a “critical step” to ensure “major reforms to consolidate existing yet fragmented financial flows, increase the fiscal space for benefit delivery, improve the governance and performance of devolved local health systems and institutionalize support mechanisms such as health […]